GREENSBORO - The plan was for Brent Moore to pitch five
innings on Sunday. Things were going well for the senior left-hander going into
the fifth, but that's when the plan ran into some complications. Buffalo scored
four runs in the fifth, chased Moore from the game after 4.2 innings and prevented
A&T from sweeping the series with a 10-6 win Sunday afternoon at a frigid
War Memorial Stadium.

"He just ran out of bullets," said A&T head coach Joel
Sanchez. "He got his pitch count up, he ran into too many deep counts and
walks, which is not his normal thing."

Moore uncharacteristically lost his control. In his previous two seasons, Moore has walked
just 41 batters over 144.1 innings. On Sunday he struck out eight, but also
walked five and hit a batter. His pitch count caught up with him with two outs
in the fifth.

Tyler Mautner, who went 3-for-5 with three runs scored, doubled
to left center. After Ryan Tulloch was hit by pitch, both runners advanced into
scoring position on a passed ball. River McWilliams took advantage with a
two-run RBI double that gave the Bulls a 4-3 lead. Sanchez then turned to his
bullpen as right-hander Kirby Whicker entered the game.

"We were trying to get him there," said Sanchez about Moore
who was one out away from reaching the coaching staff's goal. "He just ran out
of pitches, so we wanted to give those young guys a chance to get their feet wet,
and see what they had to show. We tried to keep them at bay, but it was tough."

Whicker, a freshman right-hander out of Walkerton, N.C.,
walked the first two batters he faced and hit the third with a pitch to force
in a run. The Aggies then turned to freshman right-hander Joshua Thompson. He
walked Jon Mestas to force in another run to give the Bulls a 6-3 lead.
Sophomore right-hander Shane Carter did end the inning as he struck out Thomas
Richards, the same man who started the inning.

The Aggies (2-1) constantly battled back. But every time
they scored a run, the Bulls (1-2) would answer with a run or two. The Aggies
scored a run in the sixth on a Stefan Jordan RBI double down the left field
line, but the Bulls came back in the home seventh with two more runs thanks to
an RBI double by Jason Kanzler and an RBI sacrifice fly by Mestas to give the
Bulls an 8-4 lead. The Aggies scored in their half of the seventh, but the
Bulls scored in the eighth and the ninth to take a 10-5 lead going into the home
ninth.

Aggies pinch-hitter Reggie Washington led off the inning with
a walk, followed by Jevoanny Tolentino's infield single to put runners on first
and second. After a Luke Tendler strikeout, Kelvin Freeman hit a bloop single
into right to load the bases. Cameron Jergens scored Washington on a sac fly to
move the Aggies to within four. But the excitement would end there. McWilliams
picked up the save by striking out Mark Nales to end the game.

Bulls starter Mike Burke (1-0) picked up the win, while
Moore (0-1) took the loss. Freeman went 3-for-5 with three RBI, while Tolentino
had a 2-for-4 day with two runs scored. Despite the loss, the Aggies did take
two out of three from the Bulls.

"I'm very pleased because we wanted to come in here and win
this first series," said Sanchez. "I was a little disappointed because I thought
we missed out on an opportunity to sweep today. We didn't have the energy we
needed. I know it was cold out here, but it was cold for both teams. But all in
all, it was a good start for us."

A&T is in the midst of playing nine straight games at
War Memorial Stadium to open the season. Game No. 4 will take place Tuesday
afternoon at 3 versus Elon.